Pen-and-colour-pencil drawing.
I heard the cat is happy with the portrait, but I'm in doubt whether Val is - hope he will like it anyway.
In fact, there was an artistical problem to solve: how to draw/paint a white/grey moustache and beard?
I thought this 'mostly white-kept area' would clearly suggest the presence of a beard and moustache, but it might be not as clear as I thought it to be.
So my questions to you, dear colleague mail artists: 1) Do you see a (white) moustache and beard in this drawing? , and if not, 2) How would you draw these in a pen-and-colour-pencil drawing like this?

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Comment by Dean aka Artist in Seine on October 28, 2014 at 9:44am

Very nice and fun

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on March 6, 2014 at 5:34am

I'm thinking of giving up having a Siamese cat on my head for the remaining 39 days of Lent, and am undecided whether I should ditch the whale moutsache/beard or not.

Any views??

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 3, 2014 at 6:46pm

Ha! No cats in MomKat's house either...

The real MomKat likes to scratch and claw...trees!

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on March 3, 2014 at 6:41pm

In the last few days, 'my person' has acquired:

 a Siamese cat on my person's head

* a whale as a moustache for my person's face

* a Vizma looking over my person's shoulder (at her person's Little Red Bag).

I'm tempted to ask, "What next?"...but I won't!

Thanks Gals!

Comment by Heleen de Vaan on March 3, 2014 at 11:25am

Thank you for your kind comments, Katerina and Val!

Yay, I feel honoured that you use Herman Mar(k)valle as your avatar photo, Val!
The original picture is on its way to you - and of course it is Copyleft! (But to receive those bills is no bad idea. So you should share all profits with me, Mr. Marvalle / Herman!
By the way, now I know why I won't take cats into my home. Well, the furniture already has been scratched, by kids, and that's no problem as I regard those scratches as post-dada art. But cats-paw-scratches on me or on the pets in da house would be painful, as you might know well from experience by your cat hat).

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on March 3, 2014 at 5:24am

PS Then I made it 'My Photo'.

You, of course, retain the copyright, so ignore the following notice.

*****

Herman Marvalle would assert his moral and immoral rights for this photo; but it belons to Heleen de Vaan. And so in the text below, please make the necessary corrections yourself: thankyou..

The right and left, as well as the top and bottom, and the middle, too, of Valentine Mark Herman to be identified as the author of this message has also been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Copyleft, Copycat and Copywrong and Patents Act, 2014, and associated EU legislative measures, especially those concerning Mental Health and the Safety of Mail Art (Sending & Receiving Directive, EU 57/2012).

All rights and Dots reserved. No part of this message may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, microwave, existential, astrological, mechanical, Marxist-Leninist-Troskyist-Maoist, photocopying, recording, extra-terrestial, under-water, fracking or otherwise) without the prior written permission of Valentine Mark Herman – which will only be given if a request is submitted with a suitable amount of $100 or €500 bills accompanying it. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this message may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims to damages for crimes against Mail Art and/or Valentine Mark Herman.. Furthermore, their hair will fall out, their cars won't start, their cats will scratch their furniture, their make-up will run, their glue-sticks will dry up, they will be Dotted with non-removable paint, AND their Mail Art will get lost in the post..

Details of all other matters concerning this copyright notice can be found in the small print below...(Sorry, it's so small that you probably can''t read it, but if you get a magnifying glass...)

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on March 3, 2014 at 5:16am

Bedankt, Heleen! That gives me a bigger challenge han the occasional tin of sardines I eat. Ha!

Herman Markvalle; Ha!Ha!

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 2, 2014 at 11:31pm

Great fun drawing, Heleen! The whale is perfect for Val!

Comment by Heleen de Vaan on March 2, 2014 at 10:44pm

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 28, 2014 at 2:08pm

Don't let Trouble hear you say that, Val...will get jealous!

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